Easy Solutions limited manufactures electronic calculators. One of its top-selling calculators has a price of  $50. Recently, a competitor entered the market and started offering a similar calculator at a price that is  20% below the $50 price of Easy Solutions. Company policy requires Easy Solutions to have a profit margin  equal to 30% on sales of each of its products. 1.What target cost would have to be set for the Easy Solutions calculator to remain competitive and still meet the target profit margin of the company?

Expo Lube is interested in producing and selling an industrial line of oil filters. Market research indicates that wholesale customers are currently willing to pay $8 for similar filters, and that Expo Lube could sell 80,000 units per year at that price.   a. If Expo Lube requires a 19 percent return on sales, what is its target cost for the proposed industrial line of filters? b. Assume that market research reveals several of Expo Lube’s direct competitors are likely to lower the wholesale price of similar filters to $7 per unit. To remain competitive, what will Expo Lube’s target cost have to be to maintain a 19 percent return on sales? c. At a wholesale price of $7, Expo Lube estimates that it can sell 83,100 industrial filters per year instead of 80,000 units. Assuming its target costs are attainable, how much more or less profit per year will the company earn at the $7 wholesale price compared to the initial wholesale price estimate of $8?

Columbus Inc. sells a high end hair dryer in a super competitive marketplace. As a result, market research and competitive pressures influence the determination of their selling price. Their marketing department has done a comprehensive analysis and It looks like a price of $61 would be appropriate given the present business environment. The company has a goal of earning $30 on each unit. What is the target unit cost of each hair dryer? Enter your answers without dollar signs or commas. ASUS 13 f4 E3 X 19 OLF 11 (12 3. & 4. 5 7. 8. E T. Y. F G H K t6 立

A company operates in a competitive marketplace. They look to the market to determine their selling price.  It looks like the market will bear a price of $438.  The company has a goal of earning 10% return on sales on each unit.  What would their target cost be?  Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.

The Chromosome Manufacturing Company produces two products, X and Y. The company president, Gene Mutation, is concerned about the fierce competition in the market for product X. He notes that competitors are selling X for a price well below Chromosome's price of P12.70. At the same time, he notes that competitors are pricing product Y almost twice as high as Chromosome's price of P12.50.  Mr. Mutation has obtained the following data for a recent time period:   PRODUCT X PRODUCT Y Number of Units 11,000 3,000 Direct Materials Cost Per Unit 3.23 3.09 Direct Labor Cost Per Unit 2.22 2.10 Direct Labor Hours 10,000 2,500 Machine Hours 2,100 2,800 Inspection Hours 80 100 Purchase Orders 10 10   Mr. Mutation has learned that overhead costs are assigned to products on the basis of direct labor hours. The overhead costs for his time period consisted of the following items:   Overhead Cost Item Amount Inspecting Costs…

The Chromosome Manufacturing Company produces two products, X and Y. The company president, Gene Mutation, is concerned about the fierce competition in the market for product X. He notes that competitors are selling X for a price well below Chromosome's price of P12.70. At the same time, he notes that competitors are pricing product Y almost twice as high as Chromosome's price of P12.50.  Mr.Mutation has obtained the following data for a recent time period:   Product X Product Y Number of units  11,000 3,000 Direct Materials cost per unit P3.23 P3.09 Direct Labor cost per unit P2.22 P2.10 Direct Labor hours 10,000 2,500 Machine hours 2,100 2,800 Inspection hours 80 100 Purchase orders 10 10 Mr. Mutation has learned that overhead costs are assigned to products on the basis of direct labor hours. The overhead costs for his time period consisted of the following items: Overhead Cost item Amount Inspection Costs P16,200 Purchasing Costs 8,000 Machine Cost…

Groove auto is considering the introduction of a new model of wireless speakers with the following price and cost characteristics.sales price 443.00 per unit.variable cost 203.00 per unit.fixed costs 715,000assume that the projected number of units sold for the year is 4 400.consider requirement b,c,d independent from each other. [a] What will the operating profit be? [b] What is the impact of operating profit if the sales price decreases by twenty percent increases by ten percent? [c] What is the impact on operating profit A veritable cost per unit decrease by ten percent increase by twenty? [d] Suppose that fixed costs for the year are 20% lower. Than projected and bearable costs per unit are 10% higher than projected. What impact will these costs changes have on operating profit for the year    Kindly solve b c and d

Alberto Technologies, manufacture and sells an electronic control device for $297. It has costs of $231 to manufacture it. A competitor is bringing a new electronic control device to market that will sell for $253. Marketing manager at Alberto believes it must lower the price to $253 to compete in the market for electronic control device. Marketing manager believes that the new price will cause sales to increase by 12%, even with a new competitor in the market. Alberto's sales are currently 6,000 units per year. What is the target cost per unit if the target operating income is 25% of sales

Baghdad Company produces a single product. They have recently received the result of a market survey that indicates that they can increase the retail price of their product by 10% without losing customers or market share. All other costs will remain unchanged. If they enact the 10% price increase, what will be their new break-even point in units and dollars? Their most recent CVP analysis is:

Flyer Company sells a product in a competitive marketplace. Market analysis indicates that its product would probably sell at $48 per unit. Flyer management desires a 12.5% profit margin on sales. Flyer's current full cost for the product is $44 per unit. If the company cannot cut costs any lower than they already are, the profit margin on sales to meet the market selling price would be a.10.3% b.7.3% c.8.3% d.9.3%